Friday, January 25, 2019

French 'Tortillard'

Tortillard is slang for "a slow-moving train that follows a winding route", probably from tortureux (torturous). but this one has the name 'Velay Express'!  'Cette ligne est l'un des deux vestiges de l'important réseau à voie métrique des CFD du Vivarais.'

This pic shows an autorail Billard from 1938 previously used on the CdF de Provence (see earlier posts) and withdrawn in 1969.

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